Health and retirement benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) have troves of personal information regarding plan participants and their beneficiaries - e.g., participants’ age, marital...more
1/4/2021
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Fiduciary ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personal Information ,
PHI ,
Retirement Plan ,
Risk Management ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Since the beginning of the year, industry leaders and counsel advising clients on data security issues have held their collective breath in anticipation of the tsunami of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lawsuits. The...more
2/18/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Common Law Claims ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contribution Claims ,
Data Breach ,
Indemnification ,
Negligence ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Retroactivity ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Unfair Competition Law (UCL)
The California Attorney General recently published a report assessing CCPA compliance costs. The report attempts to quantify the monetary value of consumers’ personal data, and estimates the total value of personal data...more
12/3/2019
/ B2B Transactions ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Processors ,
Minors ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subject Access Request (SAR)
On October 11, 2019, the California Attorney General (the “California AG”) issued draft regulations (the “Draft Regulations”) pursuant to his authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The...more
10/17/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Minors ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation ,
State Attorneys General
On July 9, 2019, the California Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a number of proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or the “Act”), including changes that would significantly impact the treatment...more
New York continued its active legislative session last week, this time by expanding its data breach notification law. The SHIELD Act (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security), signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July...more
7/30/2019
/ Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Damages ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Equifax ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Information ,
Popular